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New Companion

this week was great. Elder Motley is an american. he was raised in puyallup,washington then he moved to richmond, virginia. He is doing great! at the begining of this week he was super ready to work hard and be obedient! haha! so thats what we did. haha. he has told me a lot about his last transfer and trainer. It is pretty obvious that they weren't getting along. mostly for obedience issues. haha. He seems a lot happier now. haha.

Bacarra

Bacarra is an awesome ward!!!! the members are soooo active in missionary work!!!! we had a fellowshipper everyday this week! it was awesome! our WML (bro. Rennyboy) is super hardworking and loves working with us. i have seen that his love for the ward and the investigators we teach is what drives him! I think this is what makes this ward different from the other wards/branches i have been in. it seems that the members here, especially the leaders, love the members. they don't seem to be angry or frustrated with LA. They all have a attitude to help others. it blew my mind when i got here!!! haha! i am so blessed to be able to serve here.

Reminiscent Experiences

this week we started with very few investigators and only a couple of La families to go to. we have spent a lot of our time finding. we were blessed becase i have actually been to Bacarra several time before. when i was in my first area(laoag 2b) both the DL and ZLs were in bacarra. so it seemed like we were always here. this week i was blessed to recognize and remember a bunch of the people that the elders were teaching 2y ago. one of which was a RC family who has since gone less active. i was a little dissapointed that they have become less active because they seemed soo strong in the church before. this week we worked hard to bring back the faith that they had built so long ago. we were basically jumping for joy when they came to church yesterday!!!!! haha

there is another investigator family that the elders used to teach. i remember on exchanges i always thought that they were members. haha.turns out they were investigators. they were dropped for a long time and the elders just before us started to teach them again. they have a lot of concerns that we will need to resolve before they can be baptized (marriage being the largest) but one of their daughters(shiela) has been preparing for a while and will be having her baptism this saturday! she and  Elder Motley are both super excited! haha

I am pretty excited for it too. this will be the first investigator to get baptised for elder Motley. it will be great for him because he has gotten a bit discouraged mostly because of his last trainer, language, and lack of progression in the area. I hope this will give another boost to his confidence and help him to overcome the discouragment he has felt.